Answer:

feme

Answer	Crossword Clue
FEME	A wife.
FEME	A woman or wife, in legal parlance.
FEME	Wife, as used in legal phrases.

FEME	Wife, in law.
FEME	... sole, single woman: Law.
FEME	In law, a wife.
FEME	Wife: Law.
FEME	Woman, in law.
FEME	Woman, in law
FEME	Woman, in lawyers' lingo
FEME	Woman, to a lawyer

FEME	Wife, to a lawyer
FEME	Wife: Law
FEME	... sole (single woman)
FEME	Woman, jurisprudentially
FEME	Wife, legally
FEME	... covert (married woman)
FEME	One to cherchez for